| advocate |
to speak or act in favor of. |
| betroth |
to pledge or give in marriage. |
| charismatic |
having unusually strong personal allure or appeal. |
| codicil |
an addition or appendix, especially one modifying the terms of a will. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| hallowed |
considered sacred; venerated. |
| laity |
the body of members of a religious group who are not part of the clergy. |
| mandatory |
ordered; required; obligatory. |
| profiteer |
a person who gains excessive profits, especially by selling scarce commodities at very high prices. |
| sensory |
of or pertaining to hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touching. |
| slake |
to satisfy or relieve (thirst, appetite, lust, or the like) by decreasing the strength or intensity of. |
| sporadic |
occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space. |
| stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |
| vehement |
intensely emotional; impassioned; heated. |